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package com.sun.corba.se.spi.orb;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;

public interface ORBVersion extends Comparable {

  byte FOREIGN = 0;          // ORB from another vendor
  byte OLD = 1;              // JDK 1.3.0 or earlier
  byte NEW = 2;              // JDK 1.3.1 FCS
  byte JDK1_3_1_01 = 3;       // JDK1_3_1_01 patch
  byte NEWER = 10;           // JDK 1.4.x
  byte PEORB = 20;           // PEORB in JDK 1.5, S1AS 8, J2EE 1.4

  byte getORBType();

  void write(OutputStream os);

  public boolean lessThan(ORBVersion version);
}
